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This site is about one Finison family, which is descended from Lorenz Fineisen, who emigrated from Liptingen, Baden, Germany and settled in Michigan. Other Finison families in the United States, mainly in the Southeast, are unrelated and of Scottish or English descent (also spelled Finnison, Fenison).

Other prominent German branches include Wenzler (Balgheim) (see also the other database Wenzlers of Balgheim on this site), Villing (Böttingen), Ragg/Rackh (Renquishausen), Schleh/Schlee (Durrweiler), Bohnet (Obermusbach), Berner (Hildrizhausen), and Egeler (Nebringen), Rauleder/Rowlader (Münchingen), and Velte (Münchingen). For an overview of the German ancestry see the pedigree trees of Lorenz John Finison and Mary Ann Rowlader.

Other branches of the family tree include Van Aken (Netherlands->New York->Michigan); other New Netherlands families including Westbrook, Van Benschoten, DeWitt, Hornbeck, Decker, and Vernooy; quite a few English Colonial families such as Phelps, Adams, St. John, Hamilton, Clement, Knapp and Hibbard; the German Palatinate Hiesrodt/Heitzrood; Irish Hara; Newman from Leicestershire and Bushell from Warwickshire; and Bennett, Furrow, and Finton.

This tree also now includes my father's ancestry, including White, Cooley, Brannen, Canfield, Collins, and more.

This site is run on PhpGedView. All details about living people should be hidden except to authorized users. If you have a problem or have any comments or feedback please contact Michael White. This site was last updated on 15 September 2009.

 
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Map of German ancestry
7 December 2009 - 2:26:46am

Here's a map with a placemark for every town which I have ancestors who lived in. The red markers are for the more prominent lines, which I've noted in the image.


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RecordDateAnniversaryEvent
Quick, Margaret9 February 1843166Birth 
Fletcher, Abbie J.9 February 1843166Birth 
Velte, Johann Georg9 February 1799210Birth 
Phelps, Mary9 February 1757252Birth 
Van Auken, Lizzie Jane9 February 1871138Birth 
Kortrecht, Hendrick9 February 1752257Birth 
Rath, Christina9 February 1718291Birth 
Hornberger, Johann Georg9 February 1799210Birth 
Schleh, Johann Georg9 February 1798211Birth 
Slawson, Eleazer9 February 1643366Birth 
Quick, Sarah9 February 1773236Birth 
Krom, Gysbertabout 9 February 1679330 approx.Birth 
How, Hannah9 February 1693316Birth 
Westfall, Abel John9 February 1696313Birth 
Breeden, William James9 February 1861148Birth 
Schleh, Jacob Friedrich9 February 1796213Birth 
Collins, Erving9 February 1904106Birth 
Huss, Anna Catharina9 February 1723286Birth 
Van Aken, Gideon9 February 1766243Birth 
Schleh, Jacob9 February 1735274Birth 
Schleh, Christianabout 9 February 1652357 approx.Birth 
Krom, Gysbert9 February 1679330Baptism 
Lutz, Christian
Schleh, Maria
9 February 1779230Marriage 
Van Aken, George S.
Burtch, Geraldine
9 February 1903107Marriage 
Chapin, Samuel
Penny, Cicely
9 February 1623386Marriage 
Chapin, Samuel
Penny, Cicely
9 February 1623386Marriage 
FitzWilliam, Williamafter 9 February 1219790 approx.Death 
Steidle, Johanna9 February 1823186Death 
Ragg, Franz Xaver9 February 1777232Death 
Mann, Anna Maria9 February 1782227Death 
Buffenbarger, William Aaron9 February 198920Death 
Cook, Ellen9 February 1643366Death 
Velte, Johannes9 February 1782227Death 
Gregory, Sarah9 February 1767242Death 
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